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"Here we see the men who shaped the American experience and were shaped by it": First edition of Daniel J. Boorstin's The Americans: The National Experience; lengthily inscribed by him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Americans: The National Experience.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of Boorstin's Francis Parkman Prize-winning book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Dr. Frank Rufords with the admiration and warm regards of Daniel J. Boorstin April 9, 1966." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Karl.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 95372
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First edition of Chin Yang Lee's The Flower Drum Song; inscribed by him and in the rare original dust jacket
LEE, Chin Yang.
The Flower Drum Song.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
First edition of Chin Yang Lee's best known work which inspired both the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and 1961 Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Foster.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 96009
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Kathryn Hulme's The Nun's Story; inscribed by her
HULME, Kathryn.
The Nun’s Story.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Hulme's best-selling novel, basis for the classic film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Virginia Stanley with Best Wishes Kathryn Hulme." Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 95304
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Rare Original Playbill from the 1952 Broadway Performance of Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra; Signed by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
OLIVIER, Laurence and Vivien Leigh.
Original Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra Signed Playbill.
New York: Laurence Olivier Productions Ltd, 1952.
Rare original playbill from the February 25th 1952 performance of the Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra repertory at the Ziegfeld Theatre starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Octavo, illustrated with photographs and advertisements. Signed by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh on the front panel and inscribed by Ronald Adam, "with happy memories and good wishes, Ronald Adam." A close friend of Olivier's, WWII RAF fighter pilot Ronald Forbes Adam made his stage acting debut at this very performance. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 90375
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Signed Limited First Edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude; Signed by Gregory Rabassa, Alastair Reid and Rafael Ferrer
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970.
Signed limited edition of Garcia Marquez's masterpiece. Octavo, original half calf over Japanese paper boards, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with drawings and oil paintings reproduced in lithography. Boldly signed by Gregory Rabassa, Alastair Reid and Rafael Ferrer. With an original lithograph laid in. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Introduction by Alastair Reid. Fine in a fine slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 139620
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"The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs": First Edition of Adventures of a White-Collar Man; Inscribed by Alfred P. Sloan
SLOAN, Alfred P.
Adventures of a White-Collar Man.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1941.
First edition of the story of Alfred P. Sloan's rise to become General Motors executive. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Alfred P. Sloan. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Alfred Sloan P. Sloan Jr New York July 22, 1964." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Written in collaboration with Boyden Sparkes. Introduction by Karl T. Compton. Scarce and desirable signed by Sloan.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 54084
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"I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender!": First Edition of Waterfront; Lengthily Inscribed by Budd Schulberg in the year of publication
SCHULBERG, Budd.
Waterfront.
New York: Random House, 1955.
First edition of Schulberg's novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Kent and Marjorie McKinley. How salutary that you can live on this serene waterfront and still weep bitter tears for the turbulent waterfront described herein. Yours, cordially, Budd Schulberg. Sarasota. Oct. 23. 1955." The recipient, Kent Schuyler McKinley began his newspaper the Sarasota News in 1954 with the stated ambition of building a two-party system in Florida and promoting 'states' rights'. McKinley was a major figure in Florida's transition…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131837
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Rare First edition, limited issue of T.E. Lawrence's The Mint; signed by his brother and the book's editor A.W. Lawrence
LAWRENCE, T.E. [A.W. Lawrence].
The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 A/C Ross.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.
First edition, limited issue of Lawrence's semi-autobiographical account of his R.A.F. training days. Quarto, original quarter morocco, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt with others uncut. One of 2000 numbered copies, this is number 1039. Although not called for this example is signed by A.W. Lawrence on the limitation page (T.E. Lawrence's brother who edited and contributed to introductory notes to this volume). Near fine in the rare original slipcase which is in very good condition. Bookplate. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117566
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"The real measure is the success or fall of the climber to triumph, not over a lifeless mountain, but over themself": First Edition of The Ascent of Everest; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HUNT, John; Edmund Hillary.
The Ascent of Everest.
London: Hodder & Houghton, 1953.
First edition of this account of the 1953 British conquest of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with eight color photographic plates, 48 half-tone plates and many in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches. Boldly signed by Edmund Hillary on the half-title page in a contemporary hand. Chapter 16 is Sir Edmund Hillary’s stirring account of the final part of the climb, and the appendices are by members of the expedition. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144001
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"The cowboy is the most vivid and native character in the United States today": First Edition of Alice Rogers Hager's Big Loop and Little; Inscribed by her to Amelia Earhart
HAGER, Alice Rogers [Amelia Earhart].
Big Loop and Little: The Cowboy’s Story.
New York: Macmillan, 1937.
First edition of the author's classic illustrated story of the West. Large octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to legendary aviator and personal friend Amelia Earhart on the front free endpaper, "To Amelia Earhart - First Lady of the Air because she, too, loves the free West. With admiration and appreciation of pleasant days at Burbank and Oakland. Alice Rogers Hager Washington, D.C. June 1937." From the library of Amelia Earhart with here bookplate to the verso of the front panel. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional example with noted provenance.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 61792
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“The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us": Jurassic Park; Signed by BY CHIP KIDD THREE TIMES AND WITH an original illustration
CRICHTON, Michael.
Jurassic Park.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Gift edition of Crichton's gripping, bestselling scientific thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed three times by the dust jacket illustrator Chip Kidd with an original drawing of the iconic dinosaur. Signed by the illustrator on the front panel, on the half-title page and again on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. A unique example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 121354
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"In Loves fair garden-close I wander free, so take your guerdon elsewhere, lovely June": First edition of Joyce Kilmer's Summer of Love; Inscribed by him to fellow poet and critic Thomas Walsh
KILMER, Joyce.
Summer of Love.
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911.
First edition, first issue of Joyce Kilmer's first book of verse. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow poet and literary critic Thomas Walsh, "To Thomas Walsh, With appreciation of his roast of this book, and the sincere admiration of Joyce Kilmer, June 20, 1913, Brooklyn, NY." A scholar of Latin American and Spanish literature, Thomas Walsh published four books of poetry and wrote many short articles and reviews, including several for the New York Times. With Walsh's bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 92792
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Autographed Letter Signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Autographed Signed Letter.
1864.
Autograph letter signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The letter reads, "Concord 8 Feb. 1864 Dear Mrs. Botta, In obedience to your request sent to me through my daughter, I enclose this paper. Yours faithfully, R.W. Emerson." Double matted and framed with a photograph of Emerson. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17.5 inches. A very attractive piece.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 64045
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's The Sign of Jonas; signed by him
MERTON, Thomas.
The Sign of Jonas.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953.
First edition of the daily journal of American Trappist monk Thomas Merton. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Thomas Merton on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 96038
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First Edition of Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving; Inscribed by Him
FROMM, Erich.
The Art of Loving.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of this groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their capacities for love. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Fur Hans und Ruth...Eric August 1957." Very good in a good dust jacket with some wear. First editions are uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 98633
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First Edition of Cheaper by the Dozen; Signed by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.
GILBRETH, Jr..
Cheaper by the Dozen.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1948.
First edition of this hilarious memoir, the basis for the 1950 and 2003 film adaptation. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Donald McKay. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to front panel. Uncommon signed and in the original jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 97548